books.google.com - On the Origin of Species caused an uproar when it was first published in 1859. Darwin's theory was that species had evolved from simpler organisms by natural selection acting upon the variability of populations. This view was directly opposed to the doctrine of special creation by God and angered the...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Evolution_Debate_1813_1870_On_the_Or.html?id=00AOjlmLhS4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Evolution Debate, 1813-1870: On the Origin of Species